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Flightlines Newsletter Department of Aviation
Spring 2009
Flightlines, Vol. 16, No. 2Jeffrey A. JohnsonSt. Cloud State University, [email protected]
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Students Honored at 2009 Aviation Banquet!
Flightlines is published twice a year as an information source for SCSU aviation students, alumni, Advisory Board members, friends of the Aviation Department and the ad-ministration and faculty of SCSU. Article submissions, comments, suggestions, and questions are wel-come and may be directed to Mr. Michael D. Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Aviation, SCSU De-partment of Aviation, at (320) 308-3 1 2 1 ( e m a i l : m d f e r g u [email protected]).
Editor: Michael D. Ferguson
Current and back issues of Flightli-nes can be found on the Department of Aviation website:
http://www.stcloudstate.edu/aviation
Inside this issue:
Faculty News 2
New Certificates &
Ratings
2
Can you Guess the
Professor?
2
Student/Alumni Industry
Hirings!
2
Congratulations
Graduates!
3
Scholarships and
Awards
3
Telling Pilots Where to
Go!
4
Contact Information 5
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITYST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Aviation
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Volume 16, Issue 2
Spring 2009 FlightlinesFlightlines
Good news! The SCSU Department of Aviation is in the process of implementing our new
Aviation Safety Management Program! This is this first time that there has been a safety
program of this nature in place in the Department of Aviation. Like all strong and successful
safety programs, this program has the support of department and university leadership, and
also provides a mechanism for involving students in the development process. The safety
program is a work that will remain in progress as updates, revisions, and modifications to
improve the program are developed.
The safety program also features a safety committee that is comprised of the following
Michael Ferguson (Committee Chair), Steve Anderson (aviation faculty), Brett Teat (Flight
student), Nick Metzen (Operations student), Tammy Schwarz (Wright Aero Chief Flight
Instructor), Greg Mavenkamp (Wright Aero MTC), and Bill Towle (STC Airport Director).
The committee has worked to revise the program, and will also analyze incident reports and
events, and make safety recommendations and changes to the program and processes as
necessary.
(See Safety Program, page 4)
SCSU Aviation Dept. St. Cloud State University
HH 216 - 720 4th Ave. South St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Phone: (320) 308-2107
Fax: (320) 308-5122
Safety Focus: Safety Program by Michael D. Ferguson
On April 25, the annual Aviation Awards Banquet was attended by 65 students, family
members, friends, faculty, staff, civic leaders, and other guests. Blackberry Ridge Golf Club
did their usual wonderful job with dinner, service, ambiance, and the overall facilities. The
guest speaker was Richard Sedgwick, Flight Services Manager for Target.
The social mixer started at 5:00 PM, followed by dinner at 6:00 PM, the speaker at 7:00 PM,
and awards at 8:00 PM. The banquet was a success and a good time was had by those in
attendance!
Numerous students were awarded scholarships and other awards and recognition during the
banquet (see accompanying photographs).
(see Awards Banquet, page 3)
Tara Gonia announces the Sean Paul Gonia Scholarship, which was awarded to Jim Schlup (left
photo). Steve Anderson presents the William Carlson Scholarship to Pascal Lawrence (right photo).
Page 2 FlightlinesFlightlines
Faculty News
New Certificates & Ratings
Nick Metzen
SE & ME Commercial
Can You Guess the Professor?
This aviation professor
developed a very strong
work ethic while growing
up on a dairy farm in
Wisconsin.
Student/Alumni News!
Samantha Link
Intern—NTSB, Summer 2009
Kurt Larson Pilot—US Navy
Shawn Haugen
US Navy
Jonas Courneya Helicopter Pilot—US Army
Greg Lesniak
Dispatcher—Mesaba Airlines
Erik Stensland Crew Scheduler—Mesaba
Airlines
Darren Muenchow ATC—FAA, LA Center
Puran Khatiwada
Aviation Masters Program—Arizona State University
Angie Olson and Jeff Johnson are working on a research study investigating student involve-
ment in aviation student organizations.
Jeff Johnson was appointed to the school board at St. Cloud Christian School in March.
Jeff Johnson is working in his role as University Aviation Association (UAA) Graduate
Education Committee chair to develop a graduate aviation directory.
Jeff Johnson and Michael Ferguson spoke on the benefits of corporate aircraft to the
economy during a live radio interview at KNSI in February.
Michael Ferguson has again expanded the scope of AVIT 411 - Airline Management. The
class is in part being conducted in the form of a hypothetical airline named Odyssey Air, Inc.
Each student has been assigned a specific position of leadership in the airline. The airline
exercise has also included simulated event meetings and conference calls with members of the
airline industry. The class also features an online airline simulation where each student creates
and runs their own airline.
Michael Ferguson is again teaching AVIT 496 - The Current State of the Aviation Industry
during the 2009 Intersession. There are only a few more seats available in the class; this is the
final boarding call for another exciting Intersession of industry tours and highly-interactive
learning!
Robert Aceves will be returning from sabbatical in Fall 2009.
Robert Aceves is working on a textbook on Chicanas and Chicanos in Aviation: Overcoming
Barriers. As a part of this research work, he was awarded the Alfred L. and Constance C.
Wolfe Aviation Grant. The Wolfe grant provided funds for research at the Smithsonian Air &
Space Museum archives last summer, where he held researcher status and had full access to the
Smithsonian's aviation and Conquistador de Cielo project records. He was also awarded
a SCSU long-term award to conduct research at the United States Enlisted Heritage Research
Center at Maxwell AFB for his project. On a research trip to San Antonio, he interviewed Capt.
Raynaldo P. Gallardo, one of only seven surviving WWII Escuadron 201 pilots (of the Mexi-
can Expeditionary Air Force). In the interview, Capt. Gallardo detailed his life and his
encounters with racism in the U.S. during his experience flying for Mexico in support
of US forces in WWII.
Steve Anderson is concluding his term as department Chair. Steve, thank you for your years of
service and dedication to the Aviation Department!
Steve Anderson attended the AABI Winter Meeting Feb. 17-20 and began a three-year term as
an educator member of the Board of Trustees.
Steve Anderson was selected to serve on the newly-formed AABI Multi-Campus and
Hybrid Delivery Task Force. The purpose of this task force will be to develop proposed
accreditation criteria and policies and procedures for multi-campus aviation programs and
distance/hybrid delivery of aviation programs.
Tara Harl has been elected as the Chair of the Aviation Department. She will begin her new
position in Fall 2009.
Joshua Hase BS in Aviation—Management
Brannon Zimmer
BS in Aviation—Operations
Kurt Larson BS in Aviation—Operations
Andrew Schrunk
BS in Aviation—Pro Flight
Michelle Fischer BS in Aviation—Operations
Shawn Haugen
BS in Aviation—Operations
Brad Nesheim BS in Aviation—Operations
Puran Khatiwada
BS in Aviation—Management
Blessings and Best Wishes
to all 2009 Graduates! We
will miss you! You are
cleared for departure from
SCSU . You are not
forgotten...
Page 3 Department of Aviation
Congratulations Graduates!
Awards Banquet (continued from page 1)
Steve Anderson (right) presents Brannon
Zimmer the Aviation Excellence Award
for Operations.
Steve Anderson (right) presents Marshall Koph
the Aviation Excellence Award
for Management.
Steve Anderson presents Brad Werner the
Aviation Excellence Award for Pro Flight.
Steve Anderson presents Nick Metzen with
the Robert Ryan Scholarship.
Steve Anderson presents Andrew Schrunk
with the Ken Raiber Scholarship.
Other Scholarship and Award Winners: Kimberly Ritsche Scholarship: Samantha Link
Gerald Johnson Scholarship: Jim Schlup
Aviation Excellence in Maintenance Management: Trevor Klein
Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame Scholarship: Pascal Lawrence
Minnesota Business Aviation Association Scholarships: Ryan Koch, Nick Metzen,
Jason McNally, Merisa Kendall, Brad Neisham
Nation Business Aviation Association Scholarship: Merisa Kendall
In addition, the safety program features an accident/incident investigation process that is designed to be non-jeopardy in
nature. Reported incidents will be investigated to determine causal factors and to develop specific corrective actions.
The safety program also features a reportable incident process that utilizes a form called The Hazard/Reportable Incident
Form (HRIF). The HRIF will be used to report all flight and ground events and to also report any potential hazards and
areas of risk.
The safety program represents a big step forward for the SCSU Department of Aviation. The safety of students, faculty,
staff, contractors, and others must be our highest priority, and the Aviation Safety Management Program will help to ensure
that we are doing our best to keep all stakeholders and assets safe.
Training in the use and expectations of the safety program for students, faculty, staff, and others will take place during the
fall semester and will also be on-going in the future.
The Safety Program is available at the following web address: http://www.stcloudstate.edu/aviation/documents/Safety-
Management-Program-03-18-2009.pdf
The HRIF is available at the following web address: http://www.stcloudstate.edu/aviation/documents/HazradReportForm3
-09.pdf
More to follow in the future!
Thanks, and be safe!!!
Safety Program (Continued from p. 1)
Looking for an aviation career opportunity that doesn’t require flying? Do you like talking on the radio and telling pilots “where
to go?” Then air traffic control might be just the ticket!
The FAA anticipates recruiting over 15,000 new controllers and most of these candidates will come from the Air Traffic
Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) program. The AT-CTI program is the latest effort in the Federal Aviation
Administration’s (FAA) attempt to build a college educated controller workforce. At least three collegiate-related programs have
been tried over the past 25 years. The ATC Cooperative Education program was the first of these, with selected college
sophomores in aviation majors allowed to gain practical hands-on work experience via employment that matched their studies at
ATC facilities. Next came the Airway Science (AWS) program, which provided money to equip select university aviation
programs with buildings and state-of-the-art simulation equipment. One of the goals was to encourage aviation students with a
background in the math and sciences to choose ATC as a career, but the FAA promise of priority hiring for AWS graduates never
did materialize. SCSU was a member school of both of these programs, and over the years, many aviation alumni found good
careers as air traffic controllers.
Future plans include adding simulation equipment, classes specific to ATC and setting up a web page for program information
but for now you can see the document titled New Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative Program for more information on the
SCSU home page about this program. If you are interested in the becoming a CTI student plan on majoring in Aviation
Operations; if you have specific questions about air traffic control or this career, email Dr. Patrick Mattson, C.M., Professor
Emeritus and adjunct instructor at [email protected]
Telling Pilots “Where to go” by Dr. Patrick Mattson, C.M.
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